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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
	set	data	graph		files	public	California Commercial Fish Landings, 1931-1978		M	background			NOAA SWFSC FED	fedCalLandings

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, NCCSV-1.2
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/PaCOOS/mkt_catch
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA SWFSC FED
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	about, animals, aquatic, area, biological, biosphere, block, california, category, caught, classification, coastal, comments, commercial, description, Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Fish, Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Coastal Habitat, Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Marine Habitat, Earth Science > Oceans > Aquatic Sciences > Fisheries, ecosystems, fed, fish, fish species, fisheries, group, habitat, identifier, imported, landings, marine, market, month, noaa, nominal, oceans, pounds, productivity, region, sciences, species, swfsc, taxonomy, time, vertebrates, year
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	observationDimension	String	row
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	subsetVariables	String	market_category, description, nominal_species, species_group, area, region, block, imported, region_caught
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	The Groundfish Analysis Team at the SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division (Santa Cruz) completed work on a California commercial landings database, which includes landings from 1931 through 2007. Landings from 1931 through 1968 were recovered using funds and services provided by the NESDIS Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP). The recovered data, when combined with more recent landings estimates from the California Cooperative Groundfish Survey from 1969 to 2007, forms one of the longest detailed catch records in the US. The 1931-68 period includes monthly summaries of catches by 10-minute geographic blocks. These data are now openly available to the public for use in stock assessments and monitoring of climate effects. Pearson is currently working with the California Department of Fish and Game to extend the geographic summary information to more recent years. Also, the taxa reported in the historical data are the "market categories" used by fish processors, and may involve multiple species groupings. A project has been initiated to resolve historical landings to provide best estimates for individual species. When using this data it is critical to understand that a market category is NOT a species code - it is a sort group. While landings in some market categories may consist entirely of the species for which they are named, landings in other market categories may contain few of the species for which they are named. General Notes: The data from 1930-1932 has a lot of unknown block data. When the trawl landing data is entered, some of this may be resolved. At the same time, some gear data will be available. When Source Corp finishes data entry of the landing receipt data, gear code data will be available from 1951-1968; however, this will not be completed until around 2011. Block Maps: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/PaCOOS/mkt_catch/ca_landings_info.html Data Source: California Department of Fish & Game. Data Assembly: NOAA SWFSC FED; Contact: Don.Pearson@noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	1978-12-15T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1931-01-15T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	California Commercial Fish Landings, 1931-1978
variable	market_category		short
attribute	market_category	actual_range	short	0, 999
attribute	market_category	description	String	When using this data it is critical to understand that a market category is NOT a species code - it is a sort group. While landings in some market categories may consist entirely of the species for which they are named, landings in other market categories may contain few of the species for which they are named. This is particularly true for the rockfish market categories. For example, we know that only about 50% of the fish landed in market category 253 (bocaccio) prior to 1991 were actually bocaccio. We are currently in the process of estimating species specific landings from 1930 through 1968 (we already have the estimates from 1969-2007). Many market categories were used in the past which are no longer included in current market category definitions used by Fish and Game. In addition, some market categories have been redefined including 264, 265, and 266. This column uses the currently accepted codes and old codes were converted to new codes. In addition, codes which are no longer used by Fish and Game, but which were used in the past, are now included in the MASTER_MARKET_CATEGORIES table.
attribute	market_category	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	market_category	long_name	String	Market Category
attribute	market_category	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	description		String
attribute	description	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	description	long_name	String	Description of Market Category
variable	nominal_species		String
attribute	nominal_species	ioos_category	String	Fish Species
attribute	nominal_species	long_name	String	Nominal Species of Market Category
variable	species_group		String
attribute	species_group	ioos_category	String	Taxonomy
attribute	species_group	long_name	String	Species Group of Market Category
variable	comments		String
attribute	comments	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	comments	long_name	String	Comments about Market Category
variable	area		String
attribute	area	description	String	This column indicates the general area where the fish were caught if known. The values used are: Northern California, Central California, San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Unknown, and many international codes.
attribute	area	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	area	long_name	String	Area
variable	region		short
attribute	region	actual_range	short	0, 8
attribute	region	description	String	This is the California marine region in which the fish were landed. No values were present from 1951-1968. Marine regions were originally identified using 2 different numbering schemes: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80; or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. For this table, the first series was converted to the second series. Definitions: 1=Crescent City area, 2=Eureka area, 3=San Francisco Bay, 4=San Francisco Ocean, 5=Monterey, 6=Santa Barbara/Morro Bay, 7=Los Angeles, 8=San Diego.
attribute	region	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	region	long_name	String	Region
attribute	region	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	block		short
attribute	block	actual_range	short	0, 3920
attribute	block	description	String	This column contains Fish and Game block number. Some block numbers are not present on charts, in particular, blocks >1299 are not shown on charts. All block numbers > 1299 (and some less than 1300) are used for fish imported into California. The AREA column indicates where the fish were imported from. In order to get only fish caught in California waters, you must restrict block number to less than 900. Block 0 indicates unknown area. Some information on area can be obtained from the REGION column; however, REGION is where the fish were landed and may not be where they were actually caught. This could be a problem for the northern and southern regions where fish could have been caught outside state waters. Caution should be used when using data with block=0.
attribute	block	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	block	long_name	String	Block
attribute	block	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	imported		String
attribute	imported	description	String	'N': the fish were likely to have been caught by US vessels and landed in California. 'Y': the fish were caught and landed outside California and imported to California.
attribute	imported	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	imported	long_name	String	Imported
variable	region_caught		short
attribute	region_caught	actual_range	short	1, 13
attribute	region_caught	description	String	This column was created by Pearson. It is the best guess of what CDFG region the fish were caught in. It was created by using block number (if known). If the block is unknown, then the REGION value is used (note that REGION is actually where the fish were landed).
attribute	region_caught	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	region_caught	long_name	String	Region Caught
attribute	region_caught	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	-1.2295584E9, 2.82528E8
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable	year		short
attribute	year	actual_range	short	1931, 1978
attribute	year	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	year	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	month		short
attribute	month	actual_range	short	1, 12
attribute	month	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	month	long_name	String	Month
attribute	month	missing_value	short	-9999
variable	pounds		int
attribute	pounds	actual_range	int	0, 62580090
attribute	pounds	ioos_category	String	Productivity
attribute	pounds	long_name	String	Pounds
attribute	pounds	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	pounds	units	String	pounds

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